Safety hook



G.. RAYMOND Aug. 19, 1930.

SAFETY HOOK Original Filed Aug.' l, 1927 'IITII oia-'iiELAWARiiA Patented Aug. 19, 1930 GwYivNE Imivivioivn, or; Kansas norma',- 'ivirsso'unr, AssIGNojR fino, i finirait,`V y.siviiiiiisf a f BRYSON MANUFACTURING,

1928. Serial.

. This invention relates lto safety 'hooks for the suspension 'of platesand the likefhavii'g holes or perforations adjacent their margins,

,and is particularly designed for use in hol'd. "ing :platesivhile they are being painted and also in the suspension of the plates from over.-

rlieavdl conveyors, said safety hooks Aofthe inv eiition being providedsvith automatic means `Wl1ich positively prevent accidental" detach `-nient ot the load.` vThis application 'forms a divisional'"application of mycopending case `filed l August 1,. 1927 Ser.r ,No 209,802.

-Thghiefobject oftheiiivention is to provide an"autoinatic'locking means which cannot become accidentally unlocked, but in ust be manually moved to inoperative position f before a plate can be removed from the susthrough Figure 1.

pension hook.

Another object of the invention is to pro-l duce a device of the character outlined which is of strong, durable, ehcient and inexpensive construction; and in order that it may be fully understood, reference is to. be had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a front elevation of a safety hook adapted for the suspension of verticaledged plates.

Figure 2 is a cent-ral vertical section Figure 3 is a frontelevatioii ofa safety hook adapted for the suspension of horizon taledged plates.

Figure 4: is an edge view of the device shown in Figure 3. l In the said drawing, Where like reference characters identify corresponding parts in all of the iigures, 1 indicates a suspension strap or bodyvmembei having its upper end bent at right angles and rotatively mounted on a bolt 2a1though, of course, the strap may be supportedin any suitable manner.

The strap 1 adjacent its lower end, it being noted that the end ofthe strap in Figures 3 and el is bent at right angles, carries a projecting pin 3, held tightly in position by the opposing engagement on opposite sides of the strap of a large head le and a circumferential flange or collar 5 formed integrally With the pin. Y

In Figures 1 and 2, a vertical-edged plate SAFETY nooit" i u 'application ledfv'Marchlr, Naseaso. y

COMPANY, oFsKANsAscITY, MISSOURI, 'A CoRreRAfiioN @is illustrated asin suspended position; The i margin foiitlie` Vplatre is formed Withf a 4series 'of perforations `7', Oneof said perforations having beenf'engagedvvitl'i the*` pin ffor'tlie suspensionof theplat'e,jit being here under# (stood that theperforation Y' engaged the pin may aspecial4 opening for the suspension of the platev and' not a common opening `a'soccursl in' :the-inanufacture"r of tankA plates i To locktlie plate in engagedfpositiongtlie" strap 1 slidably carries a locking' `or` catch vvmember comprising a heavy body portion 8 :formed with a downwardly projecting catch extension 9; `spaced from the strapfa' v'distance "5 fequal to the maximum gage material' the hook "is designedto'support; Theloyver endof the spaced extension. snotchedl or recessed as at l()V for thereception or'V the p iii Ivvhi'ch' pre-y vents the catch .from moving downwardly beyond;@predetermined,'peim.' Tirer-length i of" the 'ezite'nsion"9y is determined by the disvtance'ifrom the margin ofthe plate to` kthe perforation to be engagedihy the'. pin,

l jThe operator, iii-order to *attachafplate, pushes the catch `8v upwardlyengages the pin 3 vvvit'hav'nopening17in "the plateand then releases the catch which immediately falls, its ,extension l Y portion 9j overlaps the 'plate `in* op'- 'po'sition/tojthe' body member 1" and thus, se-

'g cure'lyiietainsfthe saniein opposition to said body 'member ,'against.' accidental -dislodgl lment. It' will be apparent 'with the bent strap shownv in Figures V3 andj 4 A'for engagement with a Hangedor `horizontaleedged plate, that i Vthe freel "cannot Vbe employedl l y sliding, v'catch cr-'Figures land: 2

Therefore, in Figi'ires 3" andiiitliei'cattih comprises a cani 11'*p`ivoted=oiif'abclt1219erinanently secured tothe ,verticalA portion j ofy `'the strap or body member 1. i Thefacfe 'of the 'cam is provided "with a groove '13 to rece-ive 'the pin `andis so. proportioned that it accommodate any gage metalup vto a predetermined 'maximum' For the4v convenience of the operator-` in inovin'g'thecam-11,fits-.rear y f extremityfis :provided kwith` a kpair` ofl outfvvard- Ily proj ectinggrip:A portions 14.v y Wit-lia :device 'on the character above-de angles to the body member and Y for insertion into a perforated plate, and a l plate 17 is engaged with the pin 3 while the operator is manually holding the pivoted cam lock 11 swung upwardly, the pin 3 having passed out of the open end of the slot 13. The

operator then releases the c am lock 11 and it immediately swings downwardly until `the face of the cam comes into abutment with the flange of the plate. Any tendency Aof the i' plate to move upwardly will be resisted by the catch. y Then it is desired-'to remove the plate, the catch must be swung by the operator until the groove 13 p'asses beyond the pin so that the plate may be lifted vertically to disengage same from the pin. It will be evi-` dent that the hole 15 engaged by the pin may be a special hole for the purpose rather than a common hole of a series as illustrated.

From the above description, it will be apparent that I'have produced devices which possesses all of the features of advantage set forth as desirable and, while `l". have described an d, claimed the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that I reserve the right to make all changes properly falling'within the spirit and scope of the aipvpended claims.

. "1.. A safety hook comprising a bodymember having suspension means at one end and being-formed'at its other end withY a projection extending` substantially at right angles to the body member and being adapted f-or e insertion into a perforated plate, and a catch movably mounted and guided on the body member so-that when the body member is engagged with a plate Vand is in a vertical position, the catchwill gravitate to closed posiber with its slot in engagement with said projecting pin.

4. A safety hook comprising a body member having suspension means at one end and being formed at its other end with a projection extending substantially at right angles to the body member and being adapted having its other end bent at right angles, said right angle extremity having a projection eX- tending at substantially right angles thereto and being adapted for insertion into a perforated plate, and a catch pivotally ,mounted and guided on the body .member so that when the body member is engaged with a plate and is in a vertical position, the catch will gravitate to closed position on the Opposite side of the plate from the engaged portion of the body member.`

In testimony whereof I aliX my signature.

GVVYNNE RAYMOND.

body member so that when the body member yis engaged with a plate and is in Vertical position, the catch will gravitate to Closed position on the opposite side of the plate from said body member and will have its slot in engagement with said pin.Y

' 3. A safety hook. comprising a body member havingsuspension means at oneend and being provided at its other endwith a pro- 4jeetion ext-ending substantially at right catcli'f having a slot to receive said pin and kbeingwslidable on the body' member so that when the body member is engaged with a plate and is in vert-ical position, the catch will gravitate to closed position on the opposite side ofsaid plate from said body membeing adapted 

